Warren Durrett Collection

Side portrait of an unidentified white man from the Four Noteables in a suit playing a trumpet at the back of a stage, between potted plants.

Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the left, and the band (white men) is performing in rows...

Unidentified white man standing on stage, holding sheet music, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the left, and the band (white men)...

Unidentified white man playing alto saxophone, unidentified white man singing, and an unidentified white man playing trumpet into two microphones on stage in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra...

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra, two white men and a white woman, deplaning a Trans World Airlines plane at night. There is a short ramp on wheels parked in front of the door, and three...

Cruise ship with "Catalina" on the side, and five unidentified white people on a middle deck who appear to be holding instruments. There is another deck above them, and a smokestack toward the stern.

Partygoers at Sylvia Singer's house, people seated in chairs and on a couch, around a table with bottles and glasses. A door, windows with curtains, and a lamp are behind them. KMBC scriptwriter in...

Pauline Chamberlain in a patterned dress next to Warren Durrett in a short sleeve button up shirt and long pants, who is leaning back with one leg up on a rock on the beach shore. Lake Erie is seen...

Portrait of unidentified white male trombone player in suit and tie, wearing glasses, holding instrument.

Promotional postcard. Photo from waist up of Warren Durrett and two unidentified white men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing a light-colored coat. Text below reads "The Four...

Priscilla Ann Feagans standing in a patterned dress, arms at her sides, next to Warren Durrett, smiling, with on hand holding onto Priscilla's left arm. They are standing on a dirt path in the middle...

Standing from left to right: Ray Stinson in overalls and a tie; Millie Mason in a light jacket and pants with a flower in her hair; Lois Laur with a flower in her hair; and Warren Durrett in a tie...

Unidentified white man playing tenor saxophone with the Warren Durrett orchestra, standing and playing in front of two microphones. Warren Durrett seated behind him at the piano with his back to the...

An unidentified white male tenor saxophone player for the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at a music stand in front of a microphone, for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. A clarinet...

Low-angle shot of an unidentified white woman singer and an unidentified white man with his arm around her waist, both singing into a microphone in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra. The band (all...

Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. At the far end of the stage, an unidentified white woman and two white men are also...

Warren Durrett performing at the piano with his orchestra, with an unidentified white man in a suit and an unidentified white woman in a polka-dot dress singing at a microphone at the front of a stage...

Portrait of Warren Durrett in pinstriped suit jacket and tie with arms folded.

A group of people at a party hosted by Sylvia Singer, with Warren Durrett in the center. From left to right: unidentified white woman, Peggy Buret, Jack Singer drinking from a bottle, Rene Lawther...

Warren Durrett and an unidentified white man, both wearing a suit and tie. They are each holding a cigarette in one hand with the other hand in a pocket, and the other man is wearing sunglasses. There...

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie with his arms around an unidentified white woman in a white suit and a scarf with her eyes closed. They are standing in the yard in front of a house, with another...

An unidentified smiling white woman standing next to Warren Durrett amid rocks and dirt, with a creek trickling through behind them.

Warren Durrett in a short sleeve shirt and pants, with one arm at his waist, and the other resting on an automobile, next to an unidentified white woman in a striped shirt and shorts, a cap, also with...

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie behind an unidentified white woman whose elbow is resting on the open window of an automobile next to them. Brick apartment buildings are in the background. The...

Warren Durrett and Barbara Garrett seated on a short brick ledge in front of a dormitory building entrance. Durrett is wearing a collared shirt, long pants, and a wristwatch, with one hand in his lap...